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MUMBAI: The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) on Monday filed a petition with the National

Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) Mumbai to bar Deloitte Haskin & Sells and BSR and Co for a
period of five years for lapses in the audit of IL&FS Financial Services Ltd (IFIN).
MCA’s decision to prosecute the two audit firms -- BSR and Co, a KPMG affiliate and Deloitte
Haskin and Sells -- is based on a chargesheet filed by the Serious Fraud and Investigation Office
(SFIO) on 30 May.
The audit firms have been charged with concealing of information by not raising red flags on the
mis-statements in the accounts of IFIN. The SFIO chargesheet pointed to evergreening in the
accounts of IFIN and the auditors allegedly colluded and concealed the information.
Deloitte was the auditor of IFIN for 10 years starting 2008. Its tenure ended in 2018 due to
mandatory auditor rotation. This is when BSR stepped in. In 2017-18 Deloitte and BSR did a
parallel audit of IFIN.

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